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Fair play to you, that must have taken some work! did you strip the bike apart? From the pics it looks like you've achieved a good finish. If you want to refine it then as you've suggest wet sanding up to 5000 grit and then buff with a fine compound will have it looking like a mirror. water...

Yeah that was my thought. I had to heat a stuck pedal bolt to cherry red recently as it was corroded solid. Got it free and it didn't affect the paint on the crank arm too badly, though I understand this is a different scenario, but you shouldn't need to get it any where near that hot hopefully.

When you say "higher polish" are you talking about buffing the pre-existing top coat or sanding back to bare aluminium and polishing from there?

ah I see, when you said puller I imagined one of the threaded screw types. Can both bearings be removed from the same side? Would some gentle heat from a mapp torch help? Hopefully the new tool you've ordered does the job.

Thanks gtaadicto, another bike I've not come across, will add it to the list (y) What makes this bike your top pick?

Thanks for the suggestion Hamina. I've not seen this bike previously so will be adding it to the list of bikes to research. How do you rate the suspension on this model?

I'm no expert but the first thing that springs to mind to remove those would be a "slide hammer" with correctly sized collet? Might be worth looking into that route?

hey all Looking at getting my first EMTB and would appreciate your thoughts. I'm after a full fat trail/Enduro bike, and after much deliberation I think I'm settled on the Bosch gen 4 motor (unless you can convince me otherwise) with a max budget of £5500. Being new to the EMTB scene and with...